Easingwold followed their premier division celebrations of the previous weekend with another triumph when their second team clinched the division four title. Alan Robinson, the division's leading wicket-taker, took 4-29 as bottom-placed Whitkirk were
YORK Cricket Club swept to the Yorkshire ECB Premier Cricket League title in dramatic fashion. Their five-wicket win at Sheffield Collegiate on Saturday saw them leapfrog their hosts and snatch the championship by a point. York are now on course for a
Pocklington overcame Ripon 15-0 in a hard fought Yorkshire Two encounter. Pocklington looked the livelier attackers and had a score disallowed after only five minutes when a last pass bobbled just forward. But Ripon competed throughout and it was only
CLASSY Harrogate zipped to a 36-30 victory at Nuneaton for their first National Two victory of the season. Their four tries were scored by wingers Phil Deer and James Tapster, centre Jamie Barker and full-back Ed Smithies. Stand-off Lee Cholewa, who was
A well-drilled Moortown defeated York RI 32-20 in Yorkshire Three, but the New Lane club can feel pleased with the performances of their younger players. Playing with the breeze in the first half RI fell behind to a try by centre Simon Pogson. Forward
A MASSIVE presence is expected for York at the three-day National Venue Show at Birmingham's NEC, starting tomorrow. A Conference York stand will feature York Tourism Bureau, which will be joined by the Central Science Laboratory at Sand Hutton, plus
NOT everyone in York is out to make a killing from next year's Royal Ascot meeting at Knavesmire. York Youth Hotel is raising its prices for the race meeting - but to a very reasonable £50 a night. The Queen is known to be careful with her money. So perhaps
LEEPER Hare York and District Football League premier division leaders Thorpe United maintained their impressive early season form as they beat visitors Wigginton Grasshoppers 2-1. But they had to come from a goal behind and were then grateful to a somewhat
Hamilton Panthers who just missed being promoted from division one last season lost 4-2 at home to Rufforth who were relegated from the top-flight last season. Paul King gave Panthers an early lead. John Ayres equalised before the break and Paul Jones
HEWORTH'S winless start to the National Conference division two continued with a crushing 30-point defeat at Widnes St Maries. A second half romp by the hosts transformed the game from close to anything but as they ran in 28 unanswered points in the second
SUPER Jonny Waldron ran in four tries for York Acorn to help turn a ten-point deficit into their first National League division two win. The versatile player set his side alight with a devastating four-minute hat-trick to spearhead an impressive 52-10
ERROR-PRONE York City defender Chris Clarke faces the axe again after his mistake led to the only goal of the game at Crawley Town on Saturday. Clarke, 23, was only recalled to the Minstermen's starting line-up in Sussex because of an injury to skipper
A £3 MILLION state-of-the-art classroom block is due to be officially opened at a York school on Friday. Selby MP John Grogan will open the new Archimedes building at Fulford School, in Heslington Lane, which has specialist maths and computing college
A YORK-born man who emigrated to Canada in 1953 has returned home on a mission to root out the evil weed. Retired carpenter Norman Wrigglesworth, 78, is an anti-smoking crusader. At his home in Richmond, British Columbia, the widowed grandfather has constructed
A FLAGSHIP council policy has been given a one-star rating by Government inspectors. But Liberal Democrats on City of York Council are so unhappy with the damning Audit Commission report on waste management services they have complained about the inspectors
MEMBERS of the clergy swapped the pulpit for the kitchen at the York Festival of Food & Drink this weekend. The Rev Lesley Morley pitted his cheese souffl cooking skills against Canon Brian Abell at the Theatre Caf in St Sampson's Square. The men
Super League side Hull FC today announced that York City Knights head coach Richard Agar will be their new assistant coach as of next season. The young coach has made a big impression since taking over at the Knights at the beginning of this season, and
IT'S normally full of backpackers, students and young families. But a tourist youth hotel in York is reserving bunk beds just for racegoers when Royal Ascot hits the city next summer. Stately homes, five-star hotels, picturesque country cottages, luxury
A DISTRAUGHT family told today how they are still waiting to discover why a piece of masonry fell from a York church and killed their mother - 32 months ago. Debbie Exton died while paying her first visit to the city during stormy weather in January,
THERE were a couple of one-trick ponies and a collection of "My Little" ones at the Other Side Comedy Club last night. Enthusiastically compered by amiable host Dan Atkinson, the club carried on its autumn season in style. First up was languid Gary Delaney
WHY do boys do wheelies? Okay, perhaps this is not exactly a riddle of the ancients or something that will keep you awake tonight, but it's worth considering nonetheless. This question came to me like a bolt from the blue the other day as I trotted along
CRAWLEY Town are a part-time football club still finding their feet in the Nationwide Conference after being newly-promoted from the Dr Martens League. Sadly, for York City hapless centre-back Chris Clarke appeared to be wearing a pair of the heavy boots
IS John Benson-Smith telling the full truth when he says he wouldn't open a restaurant in York because of the evening parking charges (September 9)? Or is he just jumping on the bandwagon, and winning because you provide him with lots of free publicity
IS chivalry a thing of the past? I'm sorry to hear that nobody stopped to help Claire Hughes who was attacked and mugged last week near Wiggington Road ("Robbed, punched - but no one came to my aid", September 10). The ordeal of being mugged is scary
WHILE the city council's self-induced fiasco over parking charges resulting from a £2 million budget gap this year rumbles on unresolved, councillors are already arguing about public consultation plans for next year's budget. And well they might because
MY husband and I were up in Edinburgh in 2003 while the building of the new Scottish parliament building was in process. I have never seen a building look less like a parliament. I would like to know two things: u Which taxpayers have paid the most towards
I COULDN'T agree more with Janet Kitchen's letter regarding the shuffling of Radio York's presenters, particularly that station's jewel in the crown, Jonathan Cowap (September 10). Like Janet, I tune into Radio York when I'm in the car because that is
I AM doing a research project looking at the long-term impact of the 1984 British miners strike and would be very interested to talk to anyone who was a miner or a miner's wife/partner at the time. This can be done by email, phone or in person at your
I THOUGHT I would never see the day when one of our TV channels transmitted a programme that showed that Stalin (pictured left) was, at the very least, as vile as Hitler. And that many more millions were slaughtered or suffered unimaginable hardship and
New Earswick won division three when beating Yapham by eight wickets, dashing the title hopes of Bolton Percy, who had the worst of a drawn game against Woodhouse Grange. Mark Hewitson took 6-56 as Yapham were dismissed for 127. John Hetherton (36) and
Hemingbrough, who won division three in their first season in Hunters the estate agent York and District Senior Cricket League league last year, added the division two crown when they totally outplayed Bridlington. Simon Cox took 7-34 as Bridlington were
With only one promotion place from division five up for grabs, Dunnington had the frustration of seeing their rest day lead swept away as Tadcaster Magnet grabbed the spoils with a six-wicket win at Carlton Towers, who are doomed to relegation. Carlton
With division six champions Selby sitting out the final day the focus was divided between the battle for the second promotion place and the struggle to avoid seeking re-election. The former was won by Londesbrough Park, who beat Hemingbrough. Dick Salmon
IT'S normally full of backpackers, students and young families. But a tourist youth hotel in York is reserving bunk beds just for racegoers when Royal Ascot hits the city next summer. Stately homes, five-star hotels, picturesque country cottages, luxury
Richard Agar is looking to put things right in the Knights camp after a sloppy second half yesterday cost them their final match of the regular National League Two season. A repeat of the indiscipline shown by the Knights in the last 40 minutes at Chorley
Super League side Hull FC today announced that York City Knights head coach Richard Agar will be their new assistant coach as of next season. The young coach has made a big impression since taking over at the Knights at the beginning of this season, and
Monday, September 13, 2004 100 years ago: The famous cricketer Tom Emmett died last month, and numerous stories about him were "doing the rounds." One causing much amusement pertained to a match at Malton, when he was bowling. The ball hit the batsman's
'ELLO, 'ello, 'ello, what's going on 'ere then? Our picture shows two fellas in Red Boat garb balancing precariously on their vessel and grabbing something from the Bonding Warehouse balcony. The strange sight was captured on camera by the Diary's man
Monday, September 13, 2004 Premier Division Acomb (7pts) lost to Dunnington (29pts) by 6 wkts: Acomb 206-8 (FR Sykes 53, AD Tute 53, J Burton 59no, M H Khan 6-85), Dunnington 210-4 (SA Kellett 110no, CL King 58) Heworth (4pts) lost to Clifton Alliance
LAST week we looked back at the history of the Evening Press as this august organ donned its modern new clothes for the first time. In passing we mentioned some of the city newspapers which had predated it, the York Chronicle among them. By strange coincidence
SELBY, beaten twice last season by Keighley, gained some revenge by beating them 22-17 in a Yorkshire One game at Sandhill Lane. Selby trailed trailed 17-3 inside 17 minutes. Winger Asa Firth put Keighley ahead and then their prop and skipper Robert Riley
MALTON & Norton crushed West Hartlepool, a side who only five years ago were in the Zurich Premiership, 31-8 at The Gannock. With two North East Two wins under their belts, Malton have made a fine start to higher-grade rugby. James McKay and his back
YORK Rugby Union Club fought back from 13-0 down to beat Durham City 17-16 at Clifton Park, writes Stuart Copeland. Two tries in first half injury time turned the tide. The picture changed when Rob Sparrow won a line-out on Durham's ten-metre line and
DEBBIE Exton's death was sudden and shocking. But her family's suffering has been painful and prolonged, made so much worse by the failure to hold an inquest into her death. Mrs Exton was struck by stonework which fell from a York church. It was a freak
Moor Lane, who failed to keep a clean sheet at home last term, opened their division three season with a 3-0 home win over Huby. Charlie Goodwin, Paul Rathbone and John Yeats scored. Three new sides were elected to the league during the summer, and two
A sign that winter is not too far away comes tomorrow as Thirsk brings its 2004 campaign to a close with its final meeting of the Flat season. It will hopefully be a fruitful one for Thirsk trainer David Barron, who saddles Gifted Flame in the Racing
Richard Agar will be hoping for a less dramatic conclusion to the Knights' play-off campaign than was witnessed at the end of the regular league season yesterday. The Lynx entered the arena to a glitter-bomb reception and giant half-back Brian Capewell
WHILE Yorkshire have spent long passages of time watching the rain come down at Taunton over the past three days they have also slipped further down the Championship's Second Division table following emphatic wins by Essex and Leicestershire. And unless
VISITS by members of the Royal family and other VIPs to North Yorkshire cost more than £200,000 each year - almost £6,000 per visit. Senior police officers have been asked to account for the cost of hosting Royals and high-profile guests as part of a
FIREARMS police are better prepared than ever to face the terrifying threat of an armed incident or terrorist attack, according the officer responsible for a new North Yorkshire Police team. Inspector Richard Armstrong has been brought in from West Yorkshire
FORGET boring birthday cards from MPs eager to secure votes from youngsters. Wannabe York MP Clive Booth has come up with a "wheely" good idea. The Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate is inviting more than 400 city teenagers who turned 18
WHILE Yorkshire have spent long passages of time watching the rain come down at Taunton over the past three days they have also slipped further down the Championship's Second Division table following emphatic wins by Essex and Leicestershire. And unless
RESIDENTS, councillors and community workers gathered together to mark the tenth anniversary of the regeneration of a once-troubled York estate. In 1994, a ground-breaking agreement was set up in Bell Farm to bring together service providers and raise
A PILOT scheme aimed at slashing cost of sick leave at City of York Council began today. The project - the first in the country - aims to cut sickness absence in the authority's 1,000-strong adult services department - which loses 28 days per full-time
YORK Rugby Union Club fought back from 13-0 down to beat Durham City 17-16 at Clifton Park, writes Stuart Copeland. Two tries in first half injury time turned the tide. The picture changed when Rob Sparrow won a line-out on Durham's ten-metre line and
ERROR-PRONE York City defender Chris Clarke faces the axe again after his mistake led to the only goal of the game at Crawley Town on Saturday. Clarke, 23, was only recalled to the Minstermen's starting line-up in Sussex because of an injury to skipper
IT'S the weekend and groups of women are hitting York's bars and clubs, eager to blow off some steam. The vast majority are responsible individuals, but it can be easy to be careless with your drink when you are caught up in conversation, perhaps with
YOUR article "Burial space fear in York" (September 6) states that York Cemetery "will be full in ten years". Perhaps we should point out that when the cemetery went into voluntary liquidation in 1966 the reason for its closure was stated to be that the
DAVID Farnsworth is right to call into question the basis for the decision to locate Haxby station on the site of the 1845 building (September 7). The five-year-old data City of York Council insists on trotting out as justification relates to a totally
I thank the council for deciding to run a road safety campaign. Although it is a shame that its aim focuses on those who have to drive, many because of their work. Last November I proposed a motion to council asking that they highlight the danger of "
IT was interesting to read that the Tadcaster Road College campus, with the exception of Ashfield House, is to be demolished and a new site developed in Sim Balk Lane. Perhaps a note or two of the early development of the Ashfield House site may be of
MAY I thank all the companies and small businesses who donated prizes for our tombola stall held at Monks Cross on September 4. As York Hospital Radio is a charity run entirely by volunteers, thanks also to the public for their wonderful support on the
On the day when York won the Yorkshire ECB League championship their second eleven suffered the disappointment of relegation from Hunters the estate Agent York and District Senior League premier division. They suffered a six wicket home defeat at the
Osbaldwick made certain of the runners-up slot in division one when they beat relegated Ripon by ten wickets. This puts them 21 points ahead of a Carlton Towers side who are awaiting the outcome of their appeal against the abandonment of their match against
